Lake and McHenry County Scanner is a local breaking news website that covers the most important issues, such as stabbings, shootings and stabbings, home burnings, kidnappings or fires, car accidents, and many more that happen in Lake County as well as McHenry County Illinois. The website was established in 2012 and Lake and McHenry County Scanner has more than 120,000 followers on social media and attracts several hundred thousand site visitors every month.
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RECENT ARTICLES
52-year-old man is charged with using a knife to slash his partner in the front within McHenry
ABOUT 17 HOURS AGO |
By Sam Borcia
| Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Rogelio Cantu, 52, of McHenry. Police say that a McHenry man was detained after he attacked his girlfriend’s face with an axe during a fight on Saturday evening in McHenry. McHenry Police Department McHenry Police Department was called to the scene around 9:00 p.m. Saturday night to in the 1900-block of Concord Drive in McHenry for the report of a stabbing. The victim, a 52-year old female, claimed to have been involved in a domestic fight with Rogelio Cantu 52, who lives in the 1900 block Concord Drive in McHenry.
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Third annual blood donation in honor of the murdered McHenry County deputy sheriff is taking place at Crystal Lake
ABOUT 17 HOURS AGO |
By Sam Borcia
| Lake and McHenry County Scanner
The poster was put on display during the January 2021 blood drive in honor of Jacob Keltner. Photo via Jake Keltner Memorial Blue Blood DriveThe annual blood drive held in honor of McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Keltner, who was killed and shot while in the service in the year 2019is taking place this morning on the shores of Crystal Lake.
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Medical staff, officers are honored for saving a 25-year-old who was stabbed and suffering serious injuries on the campus of Harvard
ABOUT 20 HOURS AGO |
By Woo-Sung Shim
| Lake and McHenry County Scanner
The two Harvard Police officers as well as three Harvard medical professionals were recognized for helping save an unnamed young man who was injured by a robber in Harvard at New Year’s Day. | Photo The City of HarvardTwo police officers and three medical professionals were honored after they helped save the life of a man aged 25 who was found stabbed inside Harvard the morning of New Year’s Day. It was reported that the Harvard Police Department responded at 1:44 a.m. in the morning of January 1st to in the 200 block South Jefferson Street in Harvard to a 911 call.
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No injuries are reported after the garage is engulfed by flames close to Marengo
ABOUT 22 HOURS AGO | Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Firefighters are on the scene in the area of Vermont Road in unincorporated Woodstock after receiving a report of a structure fire on Saturday afternoon. Officials from MFRDO said about $100,000 worth of damage was caused by an unoccupied garage that contained machinery and vehicles was engulfed in flames on Saturday, near Marengo. It was reported that the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts arrived around 2.47 p.m. at the time of Saturday’s incident to the block 3300 of Vermont Road in Seneca Township that lies situated between Woodstock between Marengo and Woodstock. Marengo.
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A DAY AGO |
By Sam Borcia
Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Paramedics and firefighters respond to a crash involving multiple vehicles which involved approximately 10 cars on Route 41 close to Lake Cook Road in Highland Park Saturday evening. Photos: North Shore UpdatesMultiple people were taken to hospital after the collision involved at most eight cars in a collision caused by the freezing conditions on Route 41 in Highland Park Saturday evening.